Pruth Bay to Fancy Cove

Originally, we planned to go straight to Shearwater. But it’s about 5 hours, and we need at least an hour to fuel up before mooring at the marina. We’ve found that it’s often better to arrive early than later in the afternoon to avoid the fuel dock crowds.

So new plan – we’ll head to Fancy Cove, a lovely little anchorage we first visited in 2022. It’s about 4 hours to Fancy Cove, so we raised the anchor at 10am to  arrive at low tide in Fancy Cove. We always prefer to anchor at low tide in small coves so we can get a good look at all the rocks.

The weather looks to be reasonable for today’s trip. Winds and waves are not much to speak of but showers will continue to plague us.

 As we headed out Meay Inlet, which connects Kwakshua Channel to Hakai Pass, we started to feel the gentle ocean swells.

 We finally saw some wildlife today. There was a small pod of Dalls’ Porpoise south of Carpenter Point

Fisher Channel. There were almost in the exact same spot where we encountered them two years ago, and they accompanied us and played in our bow wake for a while.

We also saw a humpback at the intersection of Lama Passage and Fisher Channel. I also noted the same entry in my logbook from two years ago. I guess these must be good fishing grounds to have such similar occurrences happen in the same places two years apart. We’ll be on the lookout next time we pass through these waters in early summer to see if we hit a trifecta.

To top off our critter sightings today, as we anchored up in Fancy Cove, Karen spotted a black bear grazing on the grass growing in the northeast arm.

grazing on the protein rich sedge grass

We repeated 2022 again as we dropped our anchor in the same spot. Fancy Cove is one of our favorites. We tuck behind the small islet near the head. It has “bear beaches”, both the NE and SE bear beaches are visible from the boat, and the view back out the Cove is beautiful. We like small anchorages with big views.

back into the forest

tucked into our spot in Fancy Cove

looking out from fancy cove

fancy cove is a picturesque spot